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		romanhn on Oct 24, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple Introduces What It Calls an Easier to Use Po... A similar thread here: http://forums.macrumors.com/threads/apples-new-thing-ipod.50.... I have to say, I felt pretty much the same way at the time...

futureshock on Oct 24, 2016 [–]

It's so easy to collectively re-write history. Archived gems like this make it a little harder. The iPod ended as a cultural phenomenon, but it definitely didn't start that way. You would have to have been truly prescient to have explained at the time why Apple was on the right track.

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